MONKEY’S HEART

Short animation (2004), NL, 35mm, 10 min, color, Dutch & English version

  • Writer/director: Sahand Sahebdivani & Mickey Smid
  • Animation/director: Michiel Krop & Stijn Windig
  • Producer: Phanta Film
  • Distribution NL: Buena Vista Netherlands BV
  • Release date:: Als voorfilm bij de Pixarfilm THE INCREDIBLES 2004
  • World sales:: RNTV

There’s a new groove in the jungle! A turtle on trumpet, a monkey on bongos and one seriously funky spider to glue it all together. Everybody’s getting funky! But love could ruin it all. Turtle’s jealous wife is determined to keep him at home, and has devised a devilish way to split the band. Torn between his best friend and his wife’s perfect plan, Turtle’s is about to hurt someone’s heart…

Festivals:
Cinekid Film Festival, Amsterdam 2004; Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, USA 2005 (competition); AniFest 2005 Trebon, Pragu 2005 (competition) Film Festival Zlin 2005 (competition); Animate the World Film Festival, Barbican Centre Londen 2005; Anima Munidi Film Festival 2005, Brazil 2005 .